Insecticide



[TED STAT S PATENT -OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. OARMIOIIAEL, OF BONITA, TEXAS.

l-NSECTICIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,537, dated June 14,1898.

' Application filed February 28 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. CARMIOHAEL,

a citizen of the United States, residingat Bonita, in the county ofMontague and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Insecticides; I and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

' My invention relates to an insecticide compound and one that isparticularly intended for the destruction of ants and the like burrowinginsects; and the object is to provide a compound for effectuallyextermin ating this class of vermin.

To this end my invention consists in the combination of the ingredientshereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In preparing my insecticide compound I take cyanid of potash, one ounce;spirits of camphor, one-half ounce; benzin, one-half ounce; turpentine,three ounces; sulfuric ether, twoidrams; oil of sassafras, one halfounce; oil of spike, one-half ounce; water, sufficient quantity to makeone pint. The ingredients are added in the order named above and thewhole thoroughly mixed.

The manner of using the compound is as Serial No. 672,071. (No specimensfollows: First dig a hole about ten or twelve (12)'inches square andaboutas deep over the ant-bed. Then in two or three days, or as soon asthe ants open up an exit in the hole that has been excavated,'saturateapiece of cotton-waste about four (4) or five ('5) inches in diameterwith the compound and place it over the exit-passage. Then cover thesaturated cotton with earth and pack the ground firmly to prevent thecompound evaporating, so that the fumes or gases from the compound willonly escape through the passage-way and permeate the bed or nest andeffectually exterminate'the occupants.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

An insecticide consisting of cyanid of potash, camphor, benzin,turpentine, ether, oil of Sassafras, oil of spike, in about the proportions hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH B. GARMIOHAEL.

